Improvement in fountains



HqRoEzEL; Parlor Fountain.

N0. 121,580.- Patened Dec. 5,1871.

PATENT GEErcE.

HENRY BROEZEL, OF MAUSTON, WISCONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT `IN FOUNTAINS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 121,580, dated December 5, 1871.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY BEoEzEL, ofMauston, in the county of Juneau and State of Viscousin, have invented a new and Improved Parlor-Fountain, of which the following is a specification:

Figure l represents a vertical central section of my ilnproved parlor-fountain taken on the plane of the line c c, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a horizonta-l section of the same on the line It' lt', Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a detail vertical section ot' a moditication oi' the upper port-ion.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresptmding parts.

My invention is an improvement upon the vartiticial fountain for which Letters Patent oi' the United States were issued to A. 1. YATEs, May 31, 1870. The improvelnent consists, mainly, in arranging the ilexible or compressible .vater-reservoir in the upper end ot' a tubular or hollow standard i'or the purpose ot' bringing it nearer the place or point of discharge oi' the water, to avoid taking up the space within the base or pedestal that would be peri'ectl y employed to contain iiowers or. other ornaments to cause the descent oi' the iountain-top to assist in expelling the water from the tlexible reservoir, Iand to avoid formin g rack-teeth on the outside ot' the standard or pillar, where they are constantly exposed to view.

A, in the drawing, represents the base or support ot' the fountain. lt is made in form oi a box ofsuitable shape to be adapted for the reception of flowers. From its center projects a vertical post, B, in which two parallel arbore o a` carrying pinions l) have their bearings. C is the fountain-top, made also in torm otA a box, for the reception oi' iiowers, and provided with a pendent hollow pillar, D, which slides over the post B, concealing the same, as shown. Toothed racks d el, formed on the inner side ofthe pillar, mesh into the pinions o i). E is a plunger interposed between the bottom e oi' the box G and the upper end of the post B. A toothed bar, j', projecting downward from the plunger, enters between the two pinions b and is in gear therewith. A flexible water-reservoir, F, made of leather, rubber, or other fabric, is placed within the pillar on top ofthe plunger, and communicates by an aperture in its top with the vertical discharge-pipe G, and by another aperture with a water-chamber, g, above. This water-chamber gis formed in the middle otl the box C under the basin H into which basin the water escaping from the pipe G flows. rBhe water escapes from the basin H by an overtlow-pipe, h, to the chamber g, and thence to the tlexible reservoir F. By turning one of the pinions b by means oi a crank or key applied to its arbor the top C with all appendages can be raised and the plunger at the same time lowered, so that the iexible reservoir will be drawn out and enlarged for a full supply ot' water from the chamber g. Vheu the top has been thus elevated, it is allowed to descend by its own weight. This will,byits connection with the pinions, produce a simultaneous ascent ofthe plunger and a consequent compression ot' the iiexible reservoir. The water is thereby forced up through the pipe G, making the desired display, and falls back to the basin, whence it tlows again to the flexible reservoir, replenishing the same, and retarding the downward motion ot the top without interfering with the continuation of display. Springs may, it' desired, be placed between the top oi' the post and the plunger to ease the motion ot'the latter. Fig. i representsa glass globe, l, applied around the pipe G for the reception of iish or other display. It is supported by a tube, J, which extends up to form the overflow, and is perforated at the lower end, as shown. is a valve tor regulating' the iiow oi' water from the basin to the chamber G and thence to the iiexible reservoir.

Having thus described my invention, l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The iiexible water-reservoir F, plungerE provided with the toothed-barj', the pinions b b, and racks d l arranged within the pillar D carrying the top U having pipe G, as and for the purpose specified.

HENRY BROEZEL. 

